Images of Irish Non-Subscribing Churches: 1. Downpatrick

A view of the building of 1711 taken from the side, showing the external staircase to the rear gallery

Interior, decorated for harvest. High central pulpit, ‘Squire’s Gallery’ to the right

The meeting-house in Downpatrick is one of the best and most complete examples in Ireland of a T-shaped meeting-house. Opened in 1711 and built at the start of the ministry of the Rev Thomas Nevin it has been in constant use ever since. Built with three galleries on each arm of the ‘T’ a fourth gallery was added in about 1729 behind Thomas Nevin’s impressive high pulpit.